By Catherine Clabby It didn’t take long for public water system managers in training on Wednesday to be reminded of how swiftly a crisis can strike a water supply. Fresh on everyone’s mind, of course, was this summer’s public disclosure that the industrial chemical GenX had infiltrated drinking water supplies drawn from the Cape Fear […]
![plate holding grains of dark red metal. According to the US Department of Labor, hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is one of the states of the element chromium. It is usually produced by an intensive heating process, such as burning or in industry. Cr(VI) is known to cause cancer. In addition, it targets the respiratory system, kidneys, liver, skin and eyes. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/640px-ChromVI-oxid.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
